Ornament - Fish
Materials - Already in possession of - gift from friend, Karen Morgan for Christmas ornament wedding shower.
Read The Book of Tobit
Journey to Rages
6 Now as they proceeded on their way they came at evening to the Tigris river and camped there. 2 Then the young man went down to wash himself. A fish leaped up from the river and would have swallowed the young man; 3 and the angel said to him, “Catch the fish.” So the young man seized the fish and threw it up on the land. 4 Then the angel said to him, “Cut open the fish and take the heart and liver and gall and put them away safely.” 5 So the young man did as the angel told him; and they roasted and ate the fish.
And they both continued on their way until they came near to Ecbat′ana. 6 Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azari′as, of what use is the liver and heart and gall of the fish?” 7 He replied, “As for the heart and the liver, if a demon or evil spirit gives trouble to any one, you make a smoke from these before the man or woman, and that person will never be troubled again. 8 And as for the gall, anoint with it a man who has white films in his eyes, and he will be cured.”
(Psalm 141:1-2 KJV)Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer
be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
-Abba Evagrius the Monk(Texts on Active Life no. 49)Virtues do not stop demons attacking us, but keep us unscathed by them.
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